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DANIEL DUNCAN AND E. R. RIDGLEY., OF OLNEY, ILLINOIS.

Letters Pqtent .Na 66,815, dated July 16, 1867.

IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE.

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that we, DANIEL DUNCAN and E. Il.. RIDGLEY, of' Olney, in the county of Richland, and State ol' Illinois, have invented a new and improved Washing?r Machine; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear` and exact description of the same, sullicient to enable one skilledv in the art to which the inven- 'tion appertains to inalic use of it, reference boing had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this specification, und in which- Figure 1 is a top view.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section.

The concave, which is partiall1 submerged in the water of the suds-hox, has a corrugated surface and holes through it. It is supported upon spring-bearings in such a manner that the vertical depression forces water in liets upon thc clothes while thc travelling-roller alone presses upon them.

In the drawings, A is the suds-hox, supported upon legs B and having inside cleats, whosestandards D and springs E .support tht` bed or corrugated concave F which contains the clothes under treatment. By the water line visible in fig. 2 it will he evident that a portion, at least, of the clothes in the concave are under water and are subjected to pressure between the concave and the roller G pivoted in the plates H which are hung upon bearings in the lid ol' the box and rihrated by the handles I. Lifting the lid ot'. the box removes the roller from its position in thc concave and conversely, and slits in the lid admit the requisite motion of the arms of the handles l, seen in section, iig. 2. The concave F is an arc et' a circle, whose centre is the bearing or point of vibration .of the roller G, so that the latter maint-.tins its equidistance from the concave. An accession of clothes intervening between thc roller and concave compels the concave to descend, which it does by the depression of the springs E,'rising again as the depressing Cause is removed. This downward motion 0l' the concave, as we have said, causes the water to-gnsh through the holes a in the concave, and materially assists in the washing operation.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the perforated and corrugated spring, concave with the vibra-tingroller journalled in bearings in the lid, operating substantially as described and represented. i

To the above specification we have signed our hands this 10th day ofLDecember, A. D. 1866.

DANIEL DUNCAN, E. R. RIDGLEY.

Wi tnesscs:

J. C. SCOTT, G. A.. Monmsox.V 

